She said: ‘There’s very poor attendance at some of the committee meetings and some of the information and training meetings for councillors.’

Council leader Tony Briggs said the last review saw the number reduced from 42 to 38.

There are currently three councillors for some of the larger wards such as Bedhampton and Cowplain, with two for smaller wards such as Warren Park.

He said: ‘As local government comes under greater pressure financially, obviously anywhere we can find further savings will be helpful.

‘I liken it to there being one county councillor to two or three wards.

‘Havant borough has five county councillors and 38 district councillors. If you ask yourself the question, the answer is there’s an imbalance, in my view, between the level of representation at county and the level of representation at borough.’

Once the review is complete, the council will make the final decision based on recommendations from the boundary commission.

The council’s budget will be agreed on February 19.

The council is predicting to have a deficit of £1.38m by 2018/2019 and must make more savings.